(19)
(11) EP 2 023 635 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.02.2009 Bulletin 2009/07

(21) Application number: 08160822.6

(22) Date of filing: 21.07.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 7/173(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 26.07.2007 JP 2007194837

(71) Applicant: Sony Corporation
Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Fukuda, Kazuhiro
    Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Maruyama, Tetsuo
    Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Honjo, Asako
    Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(74) Representative: Beder, Jens 
Mitscherlich & Partner Patent-und Rechtsanwälte Sonnenstraße 33
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


(54) Information providing system, information receiving terminal, information providing apparatus, information providing method and program


(57) An information receiving terminal includes a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program and a related information receiving portion. The information providing apparatus includes a related information storage portion to store related information containing a plurality of information to which each provision period is settable in association with a program, a designation information receiving portion, a related information extracting portion to extract the related information appropriate for a designated program, and a related information transmitting portion to transmit the extracted related information. The information receiving terminal or the information providing apparatus includes an information selecting portion to select information to which a provision period corresponding to a provision time point of the related information is set from a plurality of information constituting the received/ extracted related information as information constituting the related information. An information providing system effectively providing program-related information is provided.







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